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Old Peerless wall heaters, recoat with porcelin/ceramic?

Waaay off topic, but figured I'd ask. You never know what someone might know.

Have an older house (my grandparents built it in 1947) and it has the awesome gas wall heaters in the bathrooms (the kind that won't pass code now, but that get the bathrrom to 100 degrees in about 5 mins). The master bath has been retiled from pink(ish) to white tile, but the old heater front is still the mauve (yeah, that's right, mauve!) color.

Anyone know if this can be re-coated with porcelin/ceramic to change the color to match the white tile? I'm OCD. Bugs me every time I look at it.

Good to know. Not sure where the nearest powdercoater is. I live in BFE and there's not one anywhere around here (looked at getting at ATV frame coated not too long ago, couldn't find anyone in my area).

I think regular powder coating is about 400* to 450* cure temp, once cured it's good for a whole lot more.

Header paint is good to 1500*, and engine enamel is good to 500*. Engine enamel in rattle cans lays down nice. I'd give that a shot first, because if you eventually have to go to powdercoating, the pieces will have to be sandblasted anyways. And, a couple of rattle cans of engine enamel are pretty cheap. Make sure to lay down a light first coat and build from there. Follow the recoat times carefully, and you'll have a great finish.